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Cox's Bazar Flooded After Heavy Rains, Thousands of Tourists Stranded
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14 Sep 2024, 09:54
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Continuous heavy rainfall has led to severe waterlogging in Cox's Bazar, with nearly 90 percent of the popular tourist city submerged. In addition, most villages in nine upazilas across the district have been flooded, with water levels rising by two to three feet in many areas. The situation is particularly dire in Teknaf and Ukhia, where residents of at least 100 villages have become waterlogged.
By Friday afternoon (September 13), around 25,000 tourists were stranded in hotels across the city as the flooding intensified. Between 3 p.m. on Thursday and 3 p.m. on Friday, Cox's Bazar recorded 501 mm of rainfall, the highest in a single day since 2015, prompting warnings from the Meteorological Department about potential landslides and further flooding.
The main road in the Kalatali Hotel-Motel zone, a key area for tourists, was completely submerged, with side streets and access routes to more than 500 hotels and guesthouses also underwater. Tourists, trapped in their hotels, were seen wading through knee-deep water, while many spent their time confined to their rooms.
Abul Kashem Sikdar, President of the Cox's Bazar Hotel-Motel Guesthouse Owners Association, expressed his concern, noting that such widespread flooding is unprecedented in the area. "Thousands of tourists are stuck in hotels and motels due to the flooding. We've never seen anything like this before," Sikdar said.
Cox's Bazar Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Vibhishan Kanti Das confirmed that several areas of the city are underwater. A control room has been set up to monitor the situation, and officials are working under the direction of magistrates to evacuate residents from high-risk areas, particularly on hillsides prone to landslides.
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